Breakup bank for composing rooms



Jan. 29, 1952 G. MUFF 2,584,039

BREAKUP BANK FOR COMPOSING ROOMS Filed Sept. 22, 1950 s Sheets-Sheet 1INVENTOR' GEORG MUFF G. MUFF BREAKUP BANK FOR COMPOSING ROOMS Jan. 29,1952 a Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 22, 1950 i HYZZ 7 i w l INVENTOR Gear;121%? ATTORNEY Jan. 29, 1552 G. MUFF 2,584,039

BREAKUP BANK FOR COMPOSING ROOMS Filed Sept. 22, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 5nw/mroe ewes MUFF BY Mi ATTORNE Patented Jan. 29, 1952 2,584,039 BREAKUPBANK FOR COMPOSING ROOMS Georg Muff, Berne, Switzerland, assignor toLuscher, Leber & Co. A. G., Berne, Switzerland, a joint-stock companyApplication September 22, 1950, Serial No. 186,147 In Switzerland March5, 1949 4 Claims.

This invention relates to labor-saving devices for the composing room ofprinting shops. It is particularly concerned with means for saving laborand money in the operation of breaking up dead type and sorting part ofit for distribution back into the storage case, while discarding theremainder for re-casting.

It is an object of this invention to provide a break-up bank which savesa great amount of labor by enabling the break-up man to dispose of thedead matter and sort part of it for re-distribution in less time, withgreater ease and with the least possible expense of energy of his own.

In order to attain this end, the break-up bank according to thisinvention comprises a combination of means including a work tableforming the top of a knee-hole desk structure, galleys to the rear of,and partly arranged at a higher level than, said table, receptacles andgalleys below said table accessible through openings in the table top,and a slidable receptacle, preferably mounted on wheels and reciprocablein the knee-hole space, to allow the break-up man to perform his work insitting posture and with his legs temporarily stretched so as to avoidcramps.

The attached drawing illustrates, by way of example, an embodiment ofthe break-up bank according to the invention.

Fig. 1 is an elevational view,

Fig. 2 is a plan view,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view along the line III-11f of Fig. 2,

of Fig. 2.

The device shown in the drawing is a desk-like structure comprising twolateral frames I, l housing three large drawers 29 arranged insuperposition and filling about two thirds of the vertical frame space,five galleys IS on top of each row of drawers arranged for sliding backand forth motion like the drawers 29, and a number of shorter andnarrower drawers l8 on top of each row of galleys l9.

3 is the desk top serving as work table and 20 is the front wall of thebottomless middle section 32 of the desk which extends below the tabletop and connects the two lateral frames I, l leaving free the knee-holeopening 33 in which a carriage 22 can be moved by means of grips 23 backand forth by the break-up man seated in front of the bank.

The bottom 24 of the carriage is inclined and the matter thrown into thechute 2T closed by a trap 28 hinged in an opening of the top drops ontothe inclined bottom and can be evacuated through the bottom opening ofthe carriage closed by a flap 25. A drawer 3B is provided in the middlefront wall 20 below the top 3.

To the rear of the trap 28 closing the chute 21 is mounted a shelf 4seated in an opening 34 of the table top 3, its rear wall 1 being curvedconcentrically to the break-up mans seat (not shown.) The top 8 of thisshelf is inclined towards this seat and a row of segment-shapedcontainers 9 placed on this top and subdivided by ribs ll into galleysis removably held in position. Underneath the shelf top 8 six curvedrows of removable galleys 5 are arranged in superposition with theirbottoms B (Fig. 3) inclined downwardly towards the rear.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the desk top 3 is formed above the two drawerframes I with pairs of juxtaposed slots l2, l2 into which project thefixed top ends [6 of inclined slip galleys 13, which carry springs 14bearing against movable members I5.

The galleys [3 are intended for the reception of leads, space, quads,etc., no matter of what length, as indicated at H.

The drawers 18 which open from the front of upright I are for storing ofbrass or lead rules.

These rules, which as is known print contrary to the space leads, arekept in the appropriate section of the drawer l8 according to length,thickness and impression.

The blocks are deposited in the specially supplied setting galleys l9.

The break-up man sitting in front of the device above described and inthe center point of the circle defined by the concave shelf 4, hasbefore him within easy reach the work table, the chute 21 for thedisposal of the machine type matter, the slots serving the slip galleysl3, the drawers l8, I9, 29, 30, the carriage 2| and the many galleys 5and 9 supported by the shelf structure. The arrangement of this shelfrenders it easy for him to put all the many different; types on theproper galley without ever rising from his seat. In view of this case ofworking he is able to go through the entire breaking-up operation in farless time and with greater accuracy, with considerable saving of energy,as compared with the break-up facilities hitherto available, and theprinting shop saves money while the distribution of the type on thesetting equipment of the individual compositors is speeded up greatly.

The drawers 29 and 30 can be adjusted to meet varying requirements. Forexample drawer 29 in upright I can be used as reserve storage forspacing.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to thedetails of construction and arrangement of the Various parts of thisdevice, as obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in theart.

I claim:

1. Adead type break-up bank comprising a table having a top with acentrally disposed working area and apertures at each side of thecentral working area, a centrally disposed aperture in said table toplocated rearwardly of the working area for receiving Linotype matter,including trays in respective side apertures supported in an inclinedposition and slanting downwardly and rearwardly below said table top forstoring rules, a chute carried below said cm- 'ing an opening in acentral area at the front to permit forward removal of said cartcarrying discarded Linotype matter, said cart normally closing saidopening.

4. A device as set forth in claim 1, including an additional aperture insaid table top arcuately shaped and disposed rearwardly of said chuteaperture, a vertically disposed shelf structure set in said aperturewith the base thereof below said table top, including shelf elementsdisposed in downwardly and rearwardly slanting array and a row ofreceptacles slidably carried by each of said shelf elements forreceiving hand type matter, the receptacles in the lowermost row trallydisposed aperture and extending down- 7 wardly therefrom intermediatesaid inclined trays 2. A device as set forth in claim 1, including acart disposed below said chute, the table havhaving asuflicient lengthto protrude above the surface level of said table, the protrudingportions being open to provide access to said reeeptacles.

' GEORG MUFF.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of recordin the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 688,104 Lohrman Dec. 3, 19012,262,575 Cono Nov. 11, 1941 2,313,794 Yates Mar. 16, 1943 2,439,790Becker", Apr. 20, 1948

